Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Encratite

Encratite , noun

[Latin Encratitae, pl., from Greek {not transcribed} self-disciplined; {not transcribed} in + {not transcribed} strength.]

(Ecclesiastical Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.